i named my daughter diyya. but my friends are telling me it is a boys name. is it true? should i change the name? thank you.
Answer:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu `alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The name Diyya is appropriate.
Diyya means “an earthen lamp” [i]
And Allah knows best.
Mawlana Saeed Ahmed Golaub
Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
daruliftaa.net